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Project ID: 03-1-3-09

Year: 2003

Date Started: 07/30/2003

Date Completed: 09/27/2007

Title: An Automated System for Evaluating BlueSky Predictions of Smoke Impacts on Community Health and Ecosystems

Project Proposal Abstract: BlueSky, a National Fire Plan product, provides real-time predictions of surface smoke concentrations from prescribed fire, wildfire, and agricultural burn activities to aid land managers in burn/no-burn decisions. Currently operational in the Pacific Northwest, BlueSky is a success story of what inter-agency collaboration can accomplish. One critical component of BlueSky that remains to be addressed, and that directly supports TFSP APP 2003-l-Task3, is the development of an automated verification system to evaluate predicted impacts from smoke on communities and ecosystems. A verification system is necessary because land managers need to evaluate their bum decisions against potential National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) exceedances, which requires a clear understanding of the accuracy of the predicted particulate matter (PM) concentration fields. We are proposing to develop this as a real-time tool to allow rapid verification and understanding of smoke dispersion models under all burn conditions.

Principal Investigator: Susan M. O’Neill

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: PNW-AirFire Research Team

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Clint Bowman	Washington	Department of Ecology
Co-Principal Investigator	Sue A. Ferguson	Forest Service	PNW-Seattle-Managing Natural Disturbances
Co-Principal Investigator	Brian K. Lamb	Washington State University-Pullman	Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Co-Principal Investigator	David Levinson	BLM-Bureau of Land Management	Montana/Idaho Airshed Group
Collaborator/Contributor	Dick Stender	Washington	Department of Ecology
Collaborator/Contributor	Joseph K. Vaughan	Washington State University-Pullman	Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Collaborator/Contributor	Rob Wilson	EPA-Environmental Protection Agency	Region 10-Pacific Northwest
Federal Cooperator	Susan M. O’Neill	Forest Service	PNW-AirFire Research Team

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

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